IN 2014, lawmakers added Massachusetts to the growing list of states to offer early voting, enabling registered voters to cast their ballots as much as 12 days in advance of the official date of state and federal general elections. Since the law was passed, one out of every five voters in the state has taken […]
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Does Warren have plan for Medicare-for-All questions?
ELIZABETH WARREN is riding high, polling ahead of Joe Biden in early voting Iowa and New Hampshire, and closing the gap in national polls. But that surge has come with a downside — the front-runner bullseye now firmly on her back. In this week’s Democratic presidential debate, most of the arrows fired her way had […]
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Does Warren have plan for Medicare-for-All questions?
Elizabeth Warren is riding high, polling ahead of Joe Biden in early voting Iowa and New Hampshire, and closing the gap in national polls. But that surge has come with a downside — the front-runner bullseye now firmly on her back. In this week’s Democratic presidential debate, most of the arrows fired her way had […]
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Polito keeps helping O’Connell in run for mayor
LT. GOV. KARYN POLITO, who stirred controversy by giving Rep. Shaunna O’Connell a headstart in the race for mayor of Taunton, is now trying to give her campaign an edge. Polito is providing financial help by headlining an O’Connell fundraiser Wednesday night in Taunton. City Councilor Estele Borges, O’Connell’s opponent in the mayor’s race, said […]
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Mass. doesn’t have to be worst state for Latinos
WHETHER OUR ANCESTORS have been here for generations or if we are the first generation of Americans, Latinos have deep roots in the communities in which we live. We are students, workers, entrepreneurs, business owners, and families whose residency enhances the community’s culture and is tied to its prosperity. We are also the fastest-growing demographic […]
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Kennedy bid is not what Dems need right now
CONGRESSMAN JOE KENNEDY recently formally announced his candidacy for the US Senate, challenging Senator Ed Markey’s bid for reelection. When speculation about the challenge came out a few weeks ago, I was confused. And for a while, a general sense of agitation left me unable to pinpoint exactly what about Kennedy’s decision didn’t sit well […]
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DeLeo defends House campaign finance vote
THIS WEEK THE HOUSE of Representatives engrossed H.4067, An Act Relative to Campaign Finance, which updates the campaign finance law with specific emphasis on increasing transparency in elections by requiring more frequent reporting by House and Senate members. This legislation also included a provision changing the way in which the director of the Office of […]
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Campaign finance chief to step down
THE DIRECTOR of the Office of Campaign and Political Finance is planning to step down sometime in the next nine months, creating a vacancy that prompted the House to change the way his replacement would be selected. Rep. John Lawn Jr., the House chair of the Legislature’s Election Laws Committee, said Michael Sullivan has made […]
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Could fossil fuel investments hinder Kennedy campaign?
As Representative Joe Kennedy III officially announces his decision to challenge Senator Ed Markey, voters are wondering—what distinguishes the two men both viewed as progressive Democrats? The obvious one is age. But New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has complicated the argument that a vote for Kennedy is a vote for a new generation. The 29-year-old […]
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Could fossil fuel investments hinder Kennedy campaign?
As Representative Joe Kennedy III officially announces his decision to challenge Senator Ed Markey, voters are wondering— what distinguishes the two men, both viewed as progressive Democrats? The obvious one is age. But New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has complicated the argument that a vote for Kennedy is a vote for a new generation. The […]